Ultimately, anyone who wanted the regular Anakin or Luke figure could get one easily, with next to no effort. Just had to order it sometime during the first week. It'll be the same with Obi Wan. The availability of the exclusive is not as big an issue as it's made out to be imo - it's a limited exclusive, most of it's perceived worth is in the rareness of it. If you make more of a rare thing, it lessens it for everyone, and so what's the point?
I think people are getting a little too exclusive-crazy with this line. Nobody *needs* the exclusive edition. I realize that this time it was a particularly cool exclusive with the Grievous blaster, so I'd exempt situations like that where it does substantially add to the desireability of the figure, but not getting the Palpatine holo didn't really put anyone out, did it? If you were planning to be a completist for the line, I can see that, but the openers, are you really going to miss that? I missed out on the exclusive Luke, but ultimately I'd probably never pose him with the skiff blaster, I'd just put it in a bin somewhere. I'll be satisfied with my regular edition.
One of these days I'll miss an exclusive I really really wanted, and it'll feel bad, but I'll get through it, because I'm collecting the figures, not the exclusives. The exclusives by and large are a nice bonus.
